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VC: an American history/ Tom Nicholas.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.VC tells the riveting story of how the venture capital industry arose from the United States' long-running orientation toward entrepreneurship. From nineteenth-century whaling to the multitude of firms pursuing entrepreneurial finance today, venture capital has been driven by the pull of low-probability but substantial financial rewards. Appreciating the history of venture capital, Tom Nicholas shows, is essential to understanding the industry's future directions and possibilities, its challenges and prospects for surmounting them, and its place in America's exceptional style of capitalism.--Introduction: The significance of history -- Whaling ventures -- The early development of risk capital -- The rise of private capital entities -- The market versus the government -- The limited partnership structure -- Silicon Valley and the emergence of investment styles -- Venture capital during the 1980s -- The big bubble -- Epilogue: From the past to the present and the future.1 online resource (vi, 382 pages
Interview with Nicholas Christopher, author of Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City
No full textInterview with Nicholas Christopher, author of Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American Cit
Tom Turn Up Nose
No full textTom Turn Up Nose - Blackfoot (Siksika): Born in 1873, Tom Turn Up Nose lived on the Blackfoot reservation near Gleichen and made a living raising cattle. Nicholas de Grandmaison sketched his portrait in 1944.The University of Lethbridge Library received permission from the University of Lethbridge Archives and the Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery to digitize and display this content.Not yet availabl
Nicholas Grene éd. : Talking about Tom Murphy
No full textPelletier Martine. Nicholas Grene éd. : Talking about Tom Murphy. In: Études irlandaises, n°28 n°1, 2003. pp. 211-212
Loch Ard Gorge from Tom Pierces Cove, Victoria, ca. 1900 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from inscription.; In: Victorian views presented to S. Williamson Wallace by the officers of the Department of Agriculture, Melbourne, Victoria, 11 February, 1905.; Inscriptions: "Lochard [i.e. Loch Ard] Gorge from Tom Pierces Cove"--In pen below image.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an3105280-s29
Tom Morning Owl, Blood Indian, Standoff, Alberta.
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of a portrait of Tom Morning Owl, Blood tribe, holding a pipe. Handwritten on verso: "Tom Morning Owl. Blood Indian. Standoff, Alberta.
Desafios da filosofia moral contemporânea: a questão do valor no desenvolvimento de uma teoria ética ambiental
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia, Florianópolis, 2009.Este trabalho apresenta uma discussão das principais questões e polêmicas contemporâneas que envolvem o desenvolvimento de uma ética ambiental a partir das perspectivas de alguns importantes filósofos: o abolicionista-animalista Peter Singer, que somente acredita no desenvolvimento de uma ética ambiental baseada no interesse dos seres sencientes; Tom Regan, outro abolicionista que compartilha em parte a crença de Singer, considera insustentável a defesa de uma ética ambiental baseada exclusivamente num caráter instrumental para a satisfação de interesses senciocêntricos; Holmes Rolston III com a perspectiva de valores na natureza questiona, principalmente, a concepção de ética ambiental proposta por Singer; numa perspectiva não antropocêntrica, Paul Taylor, filósofo biocentrista, propõe uma ética ambiental de respeito pela natureza baseada nos conceitos de bem-próprio e bem inerente das coisas vivas silvestres. Contudo, as velhas concepções são sempre muito resistentes ao que é novo. Da mesma forma que atrai simpatizantes, a teoria de Taylor não permanece isenta às críticas. Entre seus simpatizantes, Nicholas Agar propõe que o individualismo seja substituído pela consideração do interesse das espécies em se preservar. Entre seus críticos, Gene Spitler contribui positivamente com observações contundentes sobre um dos principais elementos constitutivos de sua ética: a interdependência das coisas vivas no ecossistema planetário. Já Louis G. Lombardi usa os conceitos de bem inerente e bem próprio para reescrever a ideia de superioridade humana. Todas as questões refletem a polêmica na proposição de um critério válido capaz de justificar o reconhecimento do valor da vida não-humana em si mesma e o desenvolvimento de uma concepção aceitável de ética ambiental.This paper presents a discussion of the main contemporary issues and controversies about the development of environmental ethics from the perspective of some major philosophers: the abolitionist-animal Peter Singer, who defends the developing of an environmental ethics based only on the interests of sentient beings; Tom Regan, another abolitionist who shares some of Singer#s point of view, considers unsustainable the defense of an environmental ethics based solely on a character instrumental to the satisfaction of interests sentiocentrics; Holmes Rolston III criticizes the concept of environmental ethics proposed by Singer, mainly, because he has a view of nature values from a non-anthropocentric perspective; the biocentrist philosopher Paul Taylor proposes an environmental ethics of respect for nature based on the concepts of good of its own and the inherent worth of wild living things. However, the old conceptions are always very resistant to what is new. The Taylor#s theory has both sympathizers as well critics. Among his sympathizers, Nicholas Agar proposes that individualism is replaced by the self-preservation interest of the species. Among its critics, Gene Spitler contributes positively with remarkable observations on one of the main components of his ethics: the interdependence of living things in the planetary ecosystem. For othe hand, Louis G. Lombardi employs the concepts of inherent worth and good of its own to review the idea of human superiority. All questions reflect the controversy in the proposal of a valid criterion that can be able to justify the recognition of the value of non-human life in itself and the development of an acceptable conception to environmental ethics
Tom Bull.
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of an oil on canvas board portrait of Tom Bull, Cree First Nations. He is also known as Good Man (Pahkakino). He is wearing his hair in braids and a feather is sketched in at the back of his head.
Title supplied by cataloguer
Tom Bull.
No full textBlack-and-white photograph of an oil on canvas board portrait of Tom Bull, Cree First Nations. He is also known as Good Man (Pahkakino). He is wearing his hair in braids and a feather is sketched in at the back of his head.
Handwritten on verso: 16-4 (in pencil). Title supplied by cataloguer
Resurrecting the Author
No full textPresentation of Nicholas Wolterstorff\u27s Paper Resurrecting the Author with time after for questions beginning at 18:00
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